Common Core Standard RL.8.7 Questions

Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

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Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RL.8.7

Book vs. Movie
Plot Element	From the Book Version	From the Movie Version
Most Important Characters
Details about the Setting
A Description of the Opening
Explaining the Plot
A Description of the Resolution

Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RL.8.7

Book vs. Stage Version
Plot Element	From the Book Version	From the Stage Version
Most Important Characters
Details about the Setting
A Description of the Opening
Explaining the Plot
A Description of the Resolution

Grade 8 Reading Strategies CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RL.8.7

Book vs. Audio Recording
Plot Element	From the Book Version	From the Audio Version
Most Important Characters
Details about the Setting
A Description of the Opening
Explaining the Plot
A Description of the Resolution

Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.7, L.8.5, L.8.5a

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

A mother expects her children to do well in school and they make the honor roll.
A man meets his long-lost son and the reader knows it, but he doesn't.
A little girl can see the future and predicts a storm is going to come.
A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed.

Grade 8 Romeo and Juliet CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.7, L.8.5, L.8.5a

Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?

situational irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
imagery

Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.7, L.8.5, L.8.5a

A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.

situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony

Grade 8 Character Study CCSS: CCRA.R.7, RL.8.7

Are any characters different in the movie version than in the book version? Explain.

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